Mr. Speaker, I would like to briefly address this question of privilege. If we look at the questions on the order paper we will discover that there are probably fewer questions than there have ever been.
Why is that? There is a very simple reason. Members of parliament have given up on using the order paper as an instrument to do their jobs because the process has been abused by the government. It does not matter whether the limit is one question or 100 questions. When we do not get answers, people stop using it.
Not long ago I checked the order paper questions at the clerk's table and there were only 18 questions from the entire House. I think the Speaker has an obligation to address the issue.